General anaesthesia for the elderly boosts the risks of dementia by more than a third, according to a study by French doctors released on Friday.
Researchers led by Francois Sztark at the University of Bordeaux in southwestern France analysed data from a long-term study into cognitive decline covering 9,300 elderly people in three French cities.
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